The US Sunk the Kursk - Proof!

The French have never seen an anti-American conspiracy theory that they didn't like. The Australian reports, US 'torpedoed Kursk nuclear sub'

The French film shows stills of the Kursk raised above the water after being salvaged, with a precise circular hole in its right side. The hole clearly bends inwards, consistent with an attack from outside the submarine.

A US military source in the documentary declares the hole to be the trademark evidence of an American MK-48 torpedo, which is made to melt cleanly through steel sheet due to a mechanism at its tip that combusts copper.

The film suggests the attack happened while two US submarines, the Toledo and Memphis, were shadowing the Kursk in a routine military exercise.

The documentary says the Toledo accidentally collided with the Kursk, at which point the Russian submarine opened its torpedo tubes, leading to an attack from the Memphis, which was protecting the damaged Toledo while it retreated.

The BBC is, for once, able to rise above its own anti-Americanism,

BBC editor Nick Fraser called the claim a "pack of lies" and has refused to air the documentary, which attracted a record audience of more than 4 million when it screened on French TV.

What sort of idiot believes "the trademark evidence of an American MK-48 torpedo, which is made to melt cleanly through steel sheet due to a mechanism at its tip that combusts copper". And does THIS look like a "precise circular hole" to anybody?

It seems to me that if one wants to create a big lie one would try, at the least, to make it better than bad science fiction.

If the video URL does not open in your browser or media player, copy and paste it into the URL field of Windows Media Player. It will play then. The URL is
http://media.strana.ru/2001/07/03/994153794.ASF

Chaotic Synaptic Activity and Chapomatic have it.

More personally, I was very sad when I heard the news of the loss of the Kursk. All submariners are bound by a common understanding and experience of what we do and the knowledge that there is no chance for us in the event of a catastrophe - if the ship goes down, we all go with it. Here is more on the Kursk.

RNS Kursk biography

CNN Special - Death of the Kursk

RNS Kursk Memorial and Information Page

Prayer for the Crew of the RNS Kursk